Portfolio Task

Last modified by Carina Enke on 15.05.2024

The course element Portfolio Task allows you to provide tasks for learners and to evaluate their performance. You may design the portfolio according to your wishes and share relevant information for processing the task with the participants. Learners have the opportunity to submit their answers in the predetermined format and scope. After submission, the answers of the participants can be viewed and assessed.

Content

- Usage: Learners' View
- Usage: Authors' View

Further information

Usage: Learners' View

Overview

The course element Portfolio Task allows you to make tasks available to learners. You will be able to assign the task and edit it. In addition, a deadline (if any) will be displayed.

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Functions for users

As a user, you have the following options in a course element Portfolio Task:

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Assign task

To assign a task, open the course element Portfolio Task. Then click on Assign task.

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Open task

After the task has been assigned, you can view its content. In addition, you will also be provided with further information on the content, the requirements, etc.

How to do that?

Once a task has been assigned, click on Open task to view and edit it.
The portfolio task will open in a new tab. Use the menu on the left to navigate through the structure.

Add artefact

To edit the task, you have the option to add text artefacts, file artefacts or a live blog.

How to do that?

Go the course element Portfolio task and open the corresponding task. Now you have the following options: Create text artefact (option 1) Create file artefact (option 2) Create live blog (option 3) Link to artefact (option 4) More functions (option 5)
Create text artefact (option 1) Click on Create and select the entry Text artefact. Enter a title and content in the appropriate text fields. Optionally add metadata (description, tags, reflection). Confirm that you are the author of the artefact by selecting the checkbox. Click the Finish button to complete the creation process.
Create file artefact (option 2) Click on Create and select the entry File artefact. Enter a title and upload a file using Select file. Optionally add metadata (description, tags, reflection). Confirm that you are the author of the artefact by selecting the checkbox. Click the Finish button to complete the creation process.
Create live blog (option 3) Click on Create and select the entry Live blog (blog). Enter a title in the appropriate text field. Optionally add metadata (description, tags, reflection). Click the Finish button to complete the creation process.
Link to artefact (option 4) Click on Link to artefact. Now select the artefact you wish to link and click on Insert.
More functions (option 5) Click on the icon for further options/settings. Now you have the following options: Remove artefact : Use this option to remove an artefact from the portfolio task. Move artefact: This option allows you to move artefacts. Reflection of your choice into the collaborative folder: Here you can add a reflection. Confirm the process with Save.

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Submit task

When all exercises have been completed, you can submit the task. To do this, click on Submit task in the upper left corner. Please note that it will no longer be possible to process the task after its submission. Your submitted artefacts can only be viewed by the course supervisor.

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Usage: Authors' View

In the course editor

In the course editor, you have the following options:

Add a course element portfolio task

Click to open instructions on how to add a course element ...

To integrate a course element into your course, proceed as follows:

1	Open the course you want to edit. Use the pencil icon at the top of the page to open the editing mode.
2	Select a course element from the menu on the right.
3	In the new window, you can define the position of the new course element within your course structure (left navigation pane). The available positions are marked with an insert icon. To insert the new course element into an existing substructure, you need to open the substructure by clicking on the small triangle symbol next to its title. The area will open and you will again see insert icons at the positions which are available. Click on the insert icon at the desired position within the structure. The selected area will be highlighted. Confirm your choice with Insert course element.
4	The element will be inserted into the course structure at the selected position. Depending on the course element, you have to make additional configurations or add content in order to complete the configuration. For these changes to take effect, you must publish the course. The course element will then also become available in the course view.

General configuration settings

In the course editor, you will find the following configuration tabs:

Title and description

Configuration options in the tab title and description ...

Elements	Description
Title	You need to enter a title for the course element. The title can comprise a maximum of 100 characters. All special characters and numbers are permitted. The title will appear in the navigation menu of the course and also as a heading in the content area. Changes to the title of the first course element, the so-called main course node ... If you change the title of the first course element, the new content will only be applied to the main course node and then displayed in the opened course. If you wish to edit the course title or description, you can do so using the more settings menu of the course.
Subtitle	You can enter a subtitle for the course element with a maximum of 255 characters. All special characters and numbers are permitted. The title will appear as a tooltip in the navigation menu and - if selected and configured accordingly - as a subtitle in the content area.
Description	Here you can describe the course element. The description will appear in the content area below the title. Depending on the settings configured in the element Display, this additional text is displayed to the user when opening the course element. The user can expand or collapse the view of the text.
Display	Define which information about the course element should be displayed in the course view. In addition to the content, you can optionally display the title and description. All course elements are provided with a reasonable presetting, which mostly includes the setting Title, description and content. You can adjust this setting in accordance with the options available for each course element.
Set link for this course element	Each course element can be accessed via fixed link addresses. Therefore, an internal and an external URL is assigned to each course element. These direct links to concrete elements can be used within courses or provided to learners. The URLs are located below the title and description of the element and will appear upon selecting Set link for this course element. External link: To refer to this course element from outside of the course or learning platform, you can use the external link and insert it, for example as a href attribute, into the desired HTML page. Internal link: To set a link to another course element within the same course, you can insert the internal link as a href attribute into the desired HTML page.
ID	You will need the ID number of the course element (on the bottom right), for example, if you wish to use the expert mode in the visibility or access tab.

Visibility

If necessary, restrict the visibility of the course element here. For more information, see the Visibility help page.

Access

If necessary, restrict the visibility of the course element here. For more information, see the Access help page.

Assessment

Here you can configure various settings for the assessment of the portfolio task. Detailed information on all options can be found in the section Special configuration settings in the assessment tab.

Multilingualism

In this tab, different translations can be added to individual course element areas.

Special configuration settings in the learning content tab

Select or create portfolio template

The following options are available:

Select a portfolio template (option 1)
Create a portfolio template (option 2)

Start the configuration for both variants as follows ...

Open the course editor of the course element Portfolio Task and switch to the tab Learning content. Click on Select or create portfolio template.
3. A page with the functions to select and create a portfolio template will open. Decide on one of the above-mentioned options.
Select a portfolio template (option 1) To use an existing portfolio template, select the desired resource by clicking on the plus icon in the Actions column.
Create a portfolio template (option 2) To create a new portfolio template, click on Create. A page for creating a new portfolio template will open. Expand further steps ... Enter a title and optionally a description in the appropriate text fields. Click on Save. If necessary, upload an image for the detailed view. Click on Finish to complete the creation process.
4. Your selected/created portfolio template will then be displayed under Portfolio template selected.

Functions after adding a portfolio template

Replace portfolio template	Click on Replace portfolio template to replace the portfolio template with another portfolio template. To select or create a new template, proceed in the same way as described in the above section Select or create portfolio template (step 3). Please note that this feature will only be available if no user has yet assigned the portfolio task.
Edit	Click on Edit to adjust the portfolio template. Further information can be found on the help page for the learning resource Portfolio task.
To detailed view	Use the button To detailed view to switch to the detailed view of the added portfolio template. Among other things, you will find information on the supervisors and access rights in this area. For further information, refer to the help page Functions of the detailed view.

Configure portfolio task

You have the following options:

Deadline: Here you can set a submission deadline for the portfolio task. If there is no deadline, select the checkbox next to None. If you wish to set a deadline, select the checkbox next to Fix and enter the desired date. In the case of a relative deadline, select the checkbox next to Relative. Specify the number of months, weeks, and days until the deadline. Then click on Save.
Message for users: If necessary, you may enter a message for the users in the provided text field. Information on formatting options can be found here. Then click on Save.

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Special configuration settings in the assessment tab

Here you have the option to configure various settings for the later assessment. Further information is provided on the help page Assessment.

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In the course view

In the course view, you have access to all functions available to users. Detailed information can be found on the help page Functions for users.